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Catholic "fasting" rules on lent are straight out of disco fries playbook

Ash Wednesday is one of two yearly days of obligatory fastin...
Cruel-hearted Mewling Menage
  02/22/23
You should also dry fast today. And remember, from earth we ...
Apoplectic step-uncle's house
  02/22/23
...
Orchid forum kitty
  02/22/23
the official rules got cucked in VCII. now you can eat one b...
chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account
  02/22/23
I do 36+ fasts all the time. Love waking up the second day
Cruel-hearted Mewling Menage
  02/22/23
I am currently 107 hours into my current fast. Planning to D...
Apoplectic step-uncle's house
  02/22/23
i think we have opposite problems right now, brother. my cal...
chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account
  02/22/23
I have stores of about 325,500 kcal
Apoplectic step-uncle's house
  02/22/23
are we just two self-indulgent ships passing in the night? i...
chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account
  02/22/23
you should do a Face/Off-style body mass transfer swap with ...
swashbuckling internet-worthy mother idea he suggested
  02/22/23
seems unkind. i'd just use his weight as a dirty bulk and he...
chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account
  02/22/23
I would love to come and give you some tips on fasting, brot...
Apoplectic step-uncle's house
  02/22/23
i think i might be dying and specifically need to gain weigh...
chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account
  02/22/23
That is why you go to the mountaintop, brother. To ask God f...
Apoplectic step-uncle's house
  02/22/23
I do a full 24-hour fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
Orchid forum kitty
  02/22/23
i don't think i can do that this year, but i'm only going to...
chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account
  02/22/23
cr
Apoplectic step-uncle's house
  02/22/23
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Vigorous Corner
  02/22/23
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Demanding tank office
  02/22/23
We should encourage DF and not engage in Talmud quibblings a...
Insecure Marvelous Heaven Volcanic Crater
  02/22/23
Do as our Nicean fathers did https://ibb.co/4sYYf7H
Milky pistol mood
  02/22/23
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at-the-ready insane giraffe church
  02/22/23
fasting from water is a whole new level
Insecure Marvelous Heaven Volcanic Crater
  02/22/23
some muslims refrain from even swallowing their own spit dur...
swashbuckling internet-worthy mother idea he suggested
  02/22/23
They've been raping camels for too long
Orchid forum kitty
  02/22/23
They've swallowed plenty of mine! ;-)
Titillating Pearl Stag Film Knife
  02/22/23
Fasting from water is amazing brother. Just don’t do i...
Apoplectic step-uncle's house
  02/22/23
Dry fasts are stupid and will fuck you up. Don't do them. In...
Orchid forum kitty
  02/22/23
Dry fasting is totally worth it for 36 hours or so and draws...
Apoplectic step-uncle's house
  02/22/23
seems like a terrible idea more suited for competition on th...
Cruel-hearted Mewling Menage
  02/22/23
I disagree with the ACV and lemon juice. You need sodium bic...
Orchid forum kitty
  02/22/23
What does sodium bicarbonate do?
Apoplectic step-uncle's house
  02/22/23
im sorry but come on, you two earnestly discussing water fas...
Ungodly death wish international law enforcement agency
  02/22/23
I am on a dryfast brother. I haven’t had a drop of wat...
Apoplectic step-uncle's house
  02/22/23
this is 180 ty. will use this in my next class
Vigorous Corner
  02/22/23
Got it from here https://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2023/02...
Milky pistol mood
  02/22/23
georgian Wine Fast tp
Lascivious hominid
  02/22/23
Does anyone have any historical insight into why alcohol is ...
Violet area double fault
  02/22/23
Water was often unclean. Beer and wine (low alcohol as a def...
Vigorous Corner
  02/22/23
beer fast (i.e. only drink beer, no eating at all) was an ol...
chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account
  02/22/23
Catholicism is a joke.
costumed piazza
  02/22/23
...
fragrant black internal respiration den
  02/22/23
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FM396unWQAEFAE_.jpg
nubile bawdyhouse
  02/22/23
i often fast for a whole day unintentionally. eg you're work...
cerise stead idiot
  02/22/23
I observed the fast today and had one coffee in the morning ...
adventurous voyeur potus
  02/22/23
Just realized that the low-grade foot cramp I had for a coup...
adventurous voyeur potus
  02/23/23
...
fulano
  02/18/26
We never claimed to be tough guys in this regard
average/ordinary/typical citizen/person
  02/18/26
are there any christians who do actually fasting besides EO?
gedood persoon
  02/18/26
...
gedood persoon
  02/19/26


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Date: February 22nd, 2023 7:53 AM
Author: Cruel-hearted Mewling Menage

Ash Wednesday is one of two yearly days of obligatory fasting and abstinence for Roman Catholics, along with Good Friday.

Fasting means a person is permitted to eat one full meal. Two smaller meals may also be taken, but they are not to equal that of a full meal.

Hey there whatcha doing with that pad Thai?

Fasting bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965664)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 7:56 AM
Author: Apoplectic step-uncle's house

You should also dry fast today. And remember, from earth we came and to earth we shall return.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965670)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 9:34 AM
Author: Orchid forum kitty



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965855)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 8:03 AM
Author: chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account

the official rules got cucked in VCII. now you can eat one big meal and two snacks. when our grandfathers were kids, you could eat one snack. i'm too weak rn to do the hardcore, but i've done it before, successfully, and it's not bad if you don't try to work out or bike to work or whatever. any discipline is probably better than the alternative, though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965679)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 8:13 AM
Author: Cruel-hearted Mewling Menage

I do 36+ fasts all the time. Love waking up the second day

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965695)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 8:29 AM
Author: Apoplectic step-uncle's house

I am currently 107 hours into my current fast. Planning to DRYFAST all day. Tomorrow have lunch plans. By then I will be at about 135 hours.

Lol at going 36 hours.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965715)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 8:31 AM
Author: chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account

i think we have opposite problems right now, brother. my calves are small as fuck and it's worrying me. that's one muscle group that shouldn't get small.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965718)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 8:46 AM
Author: Apoplectic step-uncle's house

I have stores of about 325,500 kcal

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965740)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 8:47 AM
Author: chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account

are we just two self-indulgent ships passing in the night? is that what's happening here?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965741)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 8:49 AM
Author: swashbuckling internet-worthy mother idea he suggested

you should do a Face/Off-style body mass transfer swap with disco fries tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965744)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 9:10 AM
Author: chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account

seems unkind. i'd just use his weight as a dirty bulk and he'd probably suffer a slow decay. but it would be entertaining as a buddy comedy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965791)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 10:28 AM
Author: Apoplectic step-uncle's house

I would love to come and give you some tips on fasting, brother! Perhaps do a dry fast and then hike to the top of a mountain and watch the sunset. Descend by the light of the moon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966002)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 10:39 AM
Author: chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account

i think i might be dying and specifically need to gain weight back right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966043)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 10:40 AM
Author: Apoplectic step-uncle's house

That is why you go to the mountaintop, brother. To ask God for guidance and clarity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966054)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 9:35 AM
Author: Orchid forum kitty

I do a full 24-hour fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965856)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 9:37 AM
Author: chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account

i don't think i can do that this year, but i'm only going to eat a salad (not a girl salad, just leaves and chicken) and two cliff bars. applaud you, though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965860)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 9:43 AM
Author: Apoplectic step-uncle's house

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965876)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 10:40 AM
Author: Vigorous Corner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966055)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 8:34 AM
Author: Demanding tank office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965722)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 9:03 AM
Author: Insecure Marvelous Heaven Volcanic Crater

We should encourage DF and not engage in Talmud quibblings abt definition of fasting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965777)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 9:03 AM
Author: Milky pistol mood

Do as our Nicean fathers did

https://ibb.co/4sYYf7H

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965779)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 9:08 AM
Author: at-the-ready insane giraffe church



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965786)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 9:20 AM
Author: Insecure Marvelous Heaven Volcanic Crater

fasting from water is a whole new level

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965819)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 9:26 AM
Author: swashbuckling internet-worthy mother idea he suggested

some muslims refrain from even swallowing their own spit during ramadan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965835)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 9:36 AM
Author: Orchid forum kitty

They've been raping camels for too long

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965857)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 5:21 PM
Author: Titillating Pearl Stag Film Knife

They've swallowed plenty of mine! ;-)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45968094)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 9:43 AM
Author: Apoplectic step-uncle's house

Fasting from water is amazing brother. Just don’t do it too long. I’d say go for 36 hours or so and rehydrate. Don’t try to kill yourself with it, but it can provide a nice sustained “kick” to the end of life get water fast. I’m doing 5.5 days total right now. 4-days water fasting, 1.5 days dry fasting. I will report on my results. Already 12+ hours into the dry fast part and feeling pretty good. The real tell will be tonight (if I have muscle spasms, low back pain). I’ll let you know.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45965875)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 10:42 AM
Author: Orchid forum kitty

Dry fasts are stupid and will fuck you up. Don't do them. Instead, drink electrolyte water (aka SNAKE JUICE), which is just 2L water + 1 tsp baking soda + 1 tsp no salt (KCl) + 1/2 tsp table salt + 1/2 tsp food-grade epsom salt. That way you don't fuck up your organ systems from an electrolyte imbalance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966066)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 10:49 AM
Author: Apoplectic step-uncle's house

Dry fasting is totally worth it for 36 hours or so and draws out endogenous water from internal fat stores, or from swelling in your joints, and it encourages autophagy.

I don’t drink magnesium citrate or sodium bicarbonate with my electrolyte water. Just sodium chloride, potassium chloride, ACV, and lemon juice from a squeezed lemon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966110)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 10:53 AM
Author: Cruel-hearted Mewling Menage

seems like a terrible idea more suited for competition on the biggest loser than for a real approach to fasting and weight loss.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966132)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 10:54 AM
Author: Orchid forum kitty

I disagree with the ACV and lemon juice. You need sodium bicarb, though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966140)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 10:56 AM
Author: Apoplectic step-uncle's house

What does sodium bicarbonate do?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966149)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 11:50 AM
Author: Ungodly death wish international law enforcement agency

im sorry but come on, you two earnestly discussing water fasts...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966428)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 11:51 AM
Author: Apoplectic step-uncle's house

I am on a dryfast brother. I haven’t had a drop of water in ~17 hours.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966436)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 10:45 AM
Author: Vigorous Corner

this is 180 ty. will use this in my next class

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966081)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 1:34 PM
Author: Milky pistol mood

Got it from here

https://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2023/02/lenten-observance-over-time-comparison.html?m=1

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966984)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 11:48 AM
Author: Lascivious hominid

georgian Wine Fast tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966417)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 11:17 AM
Author: Violet area double fault

Does anyone have any historical insight into why alcohol is not forbidden?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966256)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 12:25 PM
Author: Vigorous Corner

Water was often unclean. Beer and wine (low alcohol as a default) was the primary drink. Kinderbier was for kids, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966596)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 5:16 PM
Author: chartreuse elite meetinghouse community account

beer fast (i.e. only drink beer, no eating at all) was an old monastic tradition

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45968057)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 11:18 AM
Author: costumed piazza

Catholicism is a joke.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45966260)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 5:19 PM
Author: fragrant black internal respiration den



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45968076)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 5:18 PM
Author: nubile bawdyhouse

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FM396unWQAEFAE_.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45968070)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 9:18 PM
Author: cerise stead idiot

i often fast for a whole day unintentionally. eg you're working 2 days straight and there's a 24h stretch in which you're too busy to eat. catholics must have brought in some jews to figure out fasting loopholes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45969115)



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Date: February 22nd, 2023 10:42 PM
Author: adventurous voyeur potus

I observed the fast today and had one coffee in the morning and then rice, salmon, and broccoli for dinner. Honestly it was pretty easy. I may try the Passion fast starting Good Friday to see if that has any effect.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45969394)



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Date: February 23rd, 2023 7:34 AM
Author: adventurous voyeur potus

Just realized that the low-grade foot cramp I had for a couple hours last night was a consequence of the fast. So maybe not as easy as I advertised.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#45970042)



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Date: February 18th, 2026 12:27 PM
Author: fulano



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Date: February 18th, 2026 12:32 PM
Author: average/ordinary/typical citizen/person

We never claimed to be tough guys in this regard

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#49677994)



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Date: February 18th, 2026 4:23 PM
Author: gedood persoon

are there any christians who do actually fasting besides EO?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#49678576)



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Date: February 19th, 2026 11:29 PM
Author: gedood persoon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5294920&forum_id=2],#49681798)